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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1908)
TIIK mms O ASTUKlAN. A STOMA, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER , m. j Established IS71 Publi&hed Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. BELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail per year ;..............,.,!,.,;, .....v..... $7.03 By carrier, per month .......... 60 WEEKLY By mail per year, in advance Entered at second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, bnder (lie act of Congress of March 3, 18T9. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence r,l(. nf tttisincs itiw be mad be costal card or throuch telephone. Arsy irregularity in delivery should of publication. . jV.fV-rTKLEPHONSIIAWWl. !; . THE WEATHER Oregon and Washington Rain in west portion; rain or tnow in ea.it portion.' ' :;r . . '' j Idaho Rain or snow. THE FAULT-FINDER. The fault-finder we have with us always; just as we have all malady stricken people; for the fault-finding habit is quite as much a disease as many of the organic ailments are; 99 times in the hundred it harks back to the Ever and is but another expres sion of dyspepsia. Granting this, we are wrong to take the perennial groncher too seriously; we are doing him and ourselves real injustice in allowing his wail and whine to oppress us. We listen to him and half believe him, simply because we like bim for other and happier qualities which, often, in an absent-minded way, he will exhibit, and then again we hate to oppose him for fear of bringing down the worser type of temper and setting up breach we cannot afford to, create. ; If we would only study him in the light of a real cheerfulness of our own we would soon realize what a sick man he is and make due allowance for all his lamentations. The thing to do with our troubles is to hold them quiet, not pass them on to anyone; whica is a pretty hard thing to do in - this sympathy-loving world, and yet Is Js absolutely essential in dealing with the chronic kicker. He isn't half bad, when one knows him ani analyzes his own cheer to shake his his humor and his "holler." All he needs is the counter-tonic of Our own cheer to shake his faith in the gravity of his own unhappy illusion. Luckily, Astoria has not many fault finders. She has her share, of course, and they have their effect; but, on the whole, she is fairly free of the plague, owing largely to the fact that there are so few idlers here; most of us are too busy to give ear to the growler, and when he does corner us we per mit the dismal flow to find unob structed egress from the opposite ear. The main thing is to cultivate a frank jollity of our own and force it on the "complainant" until he accepts our estimate of things, or subsides in silence. 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Feature Film "An Unfortunate Intake" By Special Request Miss Holland will render that beautiful old hymn again "Rock of Ages" I ADMISSION 10 CENTS - - 4 4444- ASTORIAN. r .$1.50 be immediately reported to the office 'TO AMUSE ASTORIA. It is no trouble at aU to amuse As toria! ; This does not mean that she is in different to the class, style, or quality of the entertainment offered her; but rather that she is always alert for any thing clean and wholesome in the way of pleasant engagement; due in a large measure to a mixed population and the predominance of children and young people, facts that invariably contribute a test to the public appe tite for recreation and diversion. The youngsters, of themselves, make us amenable to the cheer that goes with the crowd and the show, be it from professional sources or of local in spiration and presentment It is a happy condition and speaks well for the people possessing it There is a fraternity in it that keeps a people from getting morose an! turbulent and bumptious; and consid ering the illimitable causes that lead to these temperamental expressions, we may be thoroughly glad there is, at least, one faculty to hold them in abeyance. The purveyors of amusement here will do well to cultivate the spirit that exists in Astoria, and give the best they can at all times and qualify the schedules of prices so that no sense of imposition may be felt, warrantel or unwarranted. Willing as Astorians are to be amused they are given to criticisinz the exorbitant rate charged for an inferior show; quite as willing as they are to pay handsomely for thi real thing. Go they will, and pay they will, but they are becoming insistant upon the score of getting all they pav for; and they go often enough to warrant any such discrimination they may make in this line. It is not often that complaint is made in this direc tion, and this hint is made in sheer good nature and in the faith that no further cause will arise to invite ad verse comment. OUR CHRISTMAS TRADE. The holiday trade in Astoria law week was better than it was a year ago; though it did not reach the limit set for it by those in the various busi nesses affected. In the main there is no complaint. There was no over buying anywhere, and no heavy un sold stocks; a condition that shows that our merchants . very cleverly gauged the limitations of the season, however much they may have hoped from it The city will now settle to the nor mal, and the exigencies of the com mercial hour, such as the taking of stock, the balancing of books', the cal culating of the new year's trade, and the general adjustment of business af fairs of the community, which will keep all hands busy until the opening up of the new season and the new engagements, just all cities do year after year. .Astoria is alright! No one doubts nor disputes that fact; and that is saying the best word that can be said at present. We believe there are things brewing of real importance to Astoria; and w withhold the ground of belief in de ference to the success of these valu able negotiations and to obviate their hindrance. When the time comes we shall have the cheerful word and fact to offer; and are glad of the reserva tion, for it is always well to have a "shot in the locker." Old newspapers for sale at this ffice. SO cents per hundred. THE - . - SEATS FREE t THE CARNAGE OFWAfi Story of a Survivor of the Bat tle of Gravclotte. INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH. An Advance Under Firs From Behind Barricades .That Literally Mc vtj Down tht Charging Troops A Hnd to Hand Conflict In the Strnti. William Cabinet, a survivor of the battle of GrareMte, the most hurtl fought victory of the rruneo-Prussian war, tells In Harper's Mngnatne how he mw the victory as eolor beiwr of hl regiment: H must have been, I think, about oVIork when Colonel von Boebn rede to the head of the regiment ami we all strnlRhteued quick, as on parade. And he said sharp a few words. somethl!i like, 'Men. the regiment has a good name, and you will give It a still bet ter one.' I was In front and could hear part of what lie said. "The colonel led us to the left, and we crossed a railroad track and went through another little white vtllajre. and then we faced a slope a long slope with a village on It which the French had made Into a fort, and we. our regiment and others,, were to cap ture It. and therw were many French men and rnnnon there. iThc roionel rede on a horse, he and the major nnd the adjutants. Our captains usually rode, too, but this day the captains sent their horses baels and went on foot "And aoou our first men began to fall, for we rauie under the fire of the chaseepot It was bard, for we could not see the enemy. These drat ones were many sharpshooters in a ditch, and the notse of their firing was like that of a coffee mlll-kr-r-r-r-r-r! They drew off as we went forward. It was only at a walk that we went steady walk. Just at if there were no bullets there. ,. - v , "And now we would run forward fifty yards and throw ourselves Oat, then another fifty yards and the bait and the falling Oat, and each time we could see the village that was a for tree nearer. "And once when we were lying down and I saw that the officers were stand ing. Just cool a'nd quiet It came to me that a man has to pay In anch ways to be an officer. 1 saw the colonel fall. He was shot from his horse and carried back. "The first major, he took command, and be galloped to the skirmish line, and he was shot Then th second major, too. was shot, and he tried to get up, bnt he could not stand, and he sat on a big stone and shouted: "Oo on! Go onr And be took a gnn from a dead man and fired It "We were ordered to fix bayonets, and that made ns glad, bnt even yet the men carried their rifles on tbelr shoulders as they ran. We were not near enonsh to charge with bayonets. "1 wish I could tell you what It was lite as wc got near that village of St Prlvat the noise, the smoke, the flashes, the falling men and only one desire In our hearts. President Roosevelt's proposed trip abroad will make the countries visit ed seem much larger than when Col. Bryan was touring them. Count Boni de Castellanc is a very sympathetic man. He wants his chil dren to have the loving care and ex pense of their French grandparents. Some of the Southern States have devoted so much time to stamping out all but one party that the surviving organization also is gradually dwin dling away. The best hen in Chicago's poultry showed is ticketed $10,000. It will tak ea purchaser of nerve to lay down the requisite golden egg containing 50 double eagles. When Governor Hughes speaks now in New York City no hall is large enoughto hold the crowd.. If the gov ernor can convert the town he will be the revivalist of the age. Mr. Hearst's party polled only 83, 000 votes and, it is remarked, hurt none of the candidates. But in the correspondence innings he made a home run on Haskell. Castro has added to his record a talent for being out of the country when his government finds its ships captured and war declared. V.enezuc'a is sure to win if it gets rid of Castro. Mr. Rockefeller's proposed gift of $50,000,000 to Oriental education is calculated to sadden the University of Chicago. Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller is discouraged with the Occidental pu pils turned out. A Texas paper complains that the latest American battleship ordered will cost $9,000,000, that one broadside will burn up $17,000, and that at the end of two hours' fighting her guns will be worn out. To complete the picture it is necessary to show whit would happen to the enemy in the two hours. The game might be worth the powder. 'T:kt4: ut t;n setff.Hif.t lu toe eolt r aec-Hon, one t each Mile of me. And nrt the one at my rlcht was klllwl Then th one at my left was hotelKht .big bulUts la his body from a mitrailleuse- clsut! Yet he aft erwsrd got well, while many a man died from wily one little bullet "And at last we went at it bayonet charge, and for the first time there waa a cheer, a wild and savage cheer, aud we ran on, eairer to plunge the bayonets, and we eould see aa we came near the Tillage that the French, were firm from behind barricade and gar den walla and from window. "And w looked Into the wild face of the French, and (hey met us hand to band. Ah, we climbed over walls and barricades, and we fired and bay oneted, and w fought them in tb streets I 'On and on we went It wa a wild tlnro, of shooting, bayoneting, wre tllug, clubbing, shouting. On and on, but It waa slow work aud terrthl, for th French fought for every step. "I was at the front, for I bad the color. There were a few oinoera still left, aud they were shouting and war lug their swords, and other regiment stormed Into th village with us, aud after awhile I can't any bow long the place was ours. "A I tell It to you It seem perhaps simple thing. But when the regi ment waa paraded before tb battle began we were more than 3,1)00 men and more than fifty officer, and we lost in the fight forty officer and mora than a thousand men. Ye, that wis the loss of Just my regiment a Ion. It was mordertscn, but It waa neces sary. " ' ; -. "Well, it waa over. Tb village wa biasing, and many a dead man lay In the rains. Some sat upright, dead, with their backs against walls." India's Fame. They were holding an "exam" In an east London school, and the teacher wa explaining the chief products of tb Indian empire. One child recited a list of comestibles. "Please, mis, In dia produces curries and pepper and Citron and chillies and chutney and and" "Yea. yes, and what comes sfter tbatr "Please, miss, I dont re member." "Ye, tint think. Wht Is India so famous fori" "Please, m. Indla-gestion. The greatest of all bnman benefits, that at least, without wblcb no other benefit can be truly enjoyed, I Inde pendence. Parke Qod win. SIMPLE FAITH. A turiy Burglar's Canfidenea In an Editor' Bueinea Aeumsn. . A man who admitted that be came direct from state prison tried to sell to the city editor of a New York news paper a weird aud startling story of a missing will which be declared had been revealed to him by a fellow con vict, lie was a burly fellow with a prognathous Jaw, and be bad lost an eye In battle. The mere look of him would frighten a timid citizen Into tremora. Mr. White, the expert in criminology, cross examined the man as follow: "Why were you In Auburn?" "Highway" (meaning, of course, high way robbery). "I auppoa you were wrongfully con victed." "Nnh; dey had me right" Such engaging candor made Mr. White feel thnt the man wa truthful and be was greatly disappointed when strict Investigation disclosed the fact that the story of the missing will was all fictitious. The man was disap pointed, too, at the failure of hi ro mance, but be went away from the newspaper office In cheerful mood, with some remark about better luck next time. A week later Mr. White was sum moned to the reception room of th newspaper, and there be found his friend, the burly highwayman, bis shoulders broader, bis single eye fiercer than ever. But his visit wa quite friendly, although somewhat tinged with business. He evidently believed he could rely on Mr. White's good faith and business acumen. Fixing Mr. .White with bis glittering eye, the strong armed one plucked blm by the sleeve over to a corner of the room and there In a lond, hoarse whisper In quired: "Say, couldjer do anyt'lng wit' a cou ple o watches?" Harper's Weekly. Bimini and th Fountain of Youth. Blmlnl was a fabulous Island firmly believed In by the Indians of the An tilles, tbougb they could give no fur ther clew to Its location than that It lay some hundreds of leagues north of nisprtnlola. 0 tiift laland was the famous fountain er youth, giv ing perpetual beali ti vigor. It was the search for tW-t wuntaln that led Ponce de Ieon and Hernando de Soto to Florida, on the outskirts of which the Inland was generally sup posed to be situated. Concerning His Kissing of Her. Only one person with a mean dis position would have figured out this little prose poom. It runs an follows: Which do you think Is the greatest slur? DID he kins her? Did nE kiss ber? Did he KISS her? ' Or, Did be kiss KEIl?-Cleveland News. The Great Need. "Miss Dolly, you know the olrf ad-age"- "I don't want to hear anything about add-ages," she Interrupted. "What we girls want Is some subtract-ages." Woman's Home Companion. Morning Astorian, 60 oenti per month Fast Freight vService Dally Service Via the A.;a C. II. R. CO. Through merchandise Cars from Portland to Antoria leave Portland at 0 p. tu. Every Day except Sun. day. All less than carlo:vd shipments delivered at Freight House before 4 p. m. will arrive in Astoria at 0:5o p. m. For further imformation call on G. B. JOHNSON, acrT. Agent A. & C. R. R. 12th St, nr Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON. uwu-xjuuuiJUjiMiiMaa. .i.,!!.iW"MHiiB" i w mist ii' ii mum tm'immwm.MimnmtU John Fox, Pres. F. L. Bishop, Sec , Astoria Savings S-aa, Tmi Nloo Troysr, Vie-Pres. and Supt ' - ASTORIA IRON JVORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS f ; ' OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Cannini: Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Corrpondnc Solicited. . . Foot of Foank Strt SWimi'l i"l l'IIWJBUBJJ4JSJUa..JU. ; ' FINANCIAL First tlational Dank of Astoria DIRECTORS Jacob Kami W. F. McGregor - G. C. Fimvel J. W. Ladd S.S. 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J KK.S3 I "A i in a"a'Wii M mm insms'H) Nature provides bit cat--" ';' 1 CALIFORNIA It it th natural winter home of many thou sands of th world' , bst people, Unji the gentl influence of Its mild winter ellmste, very amusement and recreation abounds, bathing, hotting, fish ing; driving; such pic nics, psrtlti and "JollJ ficstlons." :G0 TO: Let Angeles, Pa to ' ' Roblet Hot Springs, Hotel del Monte, San ta Barbara, San Diego, Santa Monica, Venice, ' tong Betch, Santa Cms, or tcor of tiroflsr retortt and you will find health, con gnlal surroundings, hospitable associate, faultless ' accommoda tion! tnd numberless tttracttont and eon- "' tentence. " ' The0.R.aN.Co. COKNKCTIKG WITH The Southern Pacific Co. Make inexpensive round trip excursion rates to C' ifornla. A six months stopover ticket Portland to Los Angeles and return is $55.00 Corresponding rates are in effect to other points. We have some very distinc tive literature covering CU fornia's winter resorts, and will take pleasure in giving you - all of the information and assistance tt our com mand. For tickets, sleeping car reser vations, etc., cat! on, tele graph, or write WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pats! Agt Portland, Oregon. tru u COO AND $1.00 C wwM4iijA. ii 5 is'.. TV. . j ,'